I currently have an i5 2500 paired with a GTX 960 (overclocked), and I wanted to upgrade to a i7 3770, will the i7 require a better graphics card or am I good with the 960?
Firstly, with such an old CPU, I doubt you would be any good with the I7 3770, so I feel like it is not worth the upgrade. Secondly, it should be a fine match, maybe CPU heavy titles may bottleneck but I wouldn't worry too much.I currently have an i5 2500 paired with a GTX 960 (overclocked), and I wanted to upgrade to a i7 3770, will the i7 require a better graphics card or am I good with the 960?
I currently have an i5 2500 paired with a GTX 960 (overclocked), and I wanted to upgrade to a i7 3770, will the i7 require a better graphics card or am I good with the 960?
It isn't meaningless, only grossly misused and misunderstood as there is no such thing as "no bottleneck", only pushing bottlenecks beyond the each given person cares about. Bottleneck zealots would throw a fit at my i5-3470 and GTX1050, works fine for me since I don't give a hoot about eye-candy (I often lower it just to reduce visual clutter anyway) and am fine with a steady 45+ fps in the few games (mainly WoW) I actually care about."Bottleneck" is a badly misused term that has become meaningless.
There is NO SUCH THING as an ideal mach between a CPU and a GPU.
Though there is no such thing as a "match" due to GPU requirements for any given title having a nearly 100:1 range depending on resolution, details and frame rate whereas CPU performance scaling is more in the realm of 3:1 between absolute minimum requirement and the best currently available.True, however there is such a thing as a bad match....
Though there is no such thing as a "match" due to GPU requirements for any given title having a nearly 100:1 range depending on resolution, details and frame rate whereas CPU performance scaling is more in the realm of 3:1 between absolute minimum requirement and the best currently available.
If you have excess GPU-power after setting everything to Ultra, you can push resolution scaling beyond 100% (modern-day FSAA) and have practically infinite GPU-power sink.
Except everyone has different opinions on how much is a reasonable amount to spend and what constitutes 'good' results. Also varies a lot depending on what games are involved.In that context it is possible to make a judgement over how much money it makes sense to spend on a GPU to get a good result.